976 Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.

It is neither holy, Roman or an empire.

The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the horror of war.

A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.

I haven't known 6 days of happiness in my life.

Fanaticism must be put to sleep before it can be eradicated.

How many things apparently impossible have nevertheless been performed by resolute men who had no alternative but death.

In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything.

Be successful! I judge men only by the results of their actions.